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Royal Style and Titles Act 1973

No. 114 of 1973



AN ACT

Relating to the Royal Style and Titles.

[Reserved for Her Majesty's pleasure, 14 September 1973]
[Queen's Assent, 19 October 1973]
[Queen's Assent proclaimed, 19 October 1973]

WHEREAS, in accordance with the Royal Style and Titles Act 1953, Her Majesty, by Proclamation dated 28th May, 1953, adopted, as the Royal Style and Titles to be used in relation to the Commonwealth of Australia and its Territories, the Style and Titles set forth in the Schedule to that Act:

And whereas the Government of Australia considers it desirable to propose to Her Majesty a change in the form of the Royal Style and Titles to be used in relation to Australia and its Territories:

And whereas the proposed new Style and Titles, being the Style and Titles set forth in the Schedule to this Act, retains the common element referred to in the preamble to the Royal Style and Titles Act 1953:

Be it therefore enacted by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—

Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the Royal Style and Titles Act 1973.